Hi Gus, thanks for your interest, I have found usually when its an infant it states son or daughter of in the burials. But I take on board what your saying, it is all food for thought. I do know of another burial for a Robert which could well be the elder but again this needs looking into. No one said this hobby of ours was easy, perhaps that's why we find it so interesting! Kind Regards Jacqueline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gus Tysoe" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Parrill > Hello Jacqueline, > > I don't have any BDF Registers, but I've been following the thread.... > > And I'm wondering just which of the Roberts you have the burial for. > Presumably there's no indication in the record that gives you any clue as to > his identity beyond a bald statement in the Marston Mortaine register that > "Robert P... was buried on XX Xxx 1657". > > The initial presumption - in the absence of any other entries from the > register - is that he was an adult male. Does the Register give father's > names for 'infant' burials? If it doesn't, then he could've been of any age > between 0 and 90+ :-( > > >From the baptisms you've received, it'd appear that there were at least 2 of > them in the parish - and adult, too - around 1620, as "Robert the elder" was > recorded as baptising another Robert. The missing "Robert the younger" is > (probably) not the elder's son, unless the elder was awkward-enough to give > two of his children the same name (perhaps possible if the 1620 one was by a > second wife). > > But the absence of any 'elder' or 'younger' from the 1657 burial implies > that by then there was only one in the parish - although *which* one remains > an open question. Is there another burial before 1657? [Of course there's > also the problem of the period of The Commonwealth (broadly 1648-1660) when > the use of Church Registers was actively discouraged - ignoring the period > of the Civil War from 1642, when many "just died" as a by-product - so it's > anybody's guess just how many Roberts might've died in those roughly 18 > years...] > > You're unlikely to be able to get even any semi-solid evidence of the > identity of the one buried in 1657..... > > Sorry to sound Negative, but in all honesty you'll need to have a load of > ???s on your Tree. > > Gus > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacqueline Davies" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 4:42 PM > Subject: [BDF] Parrill > > > Hi list, I am looking for the baptism of Robert Parrill / Parroll / Parrell > in Bedfordshire. I have his burial record in 1657 in Marstone Mortaine, but > I cannot find his baptism. I wondered if someone might be able to check for > me if they have the baptism cd. > Thank you for any help you might be able to give. > Kind regards > Jacqueline > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.1/1079 - Release Date: 19/10/2007 05:10 > >